Mathmatics founded the Assmatics back in 1999 with a mate, Ben. At the time they were both mixing regularly at ’Gravity Daze’ in Stoke. Unfortunately over time Ben was mixing less and eventually lost contact. The name wasnt usedfor a while, until Math moved to Manchester in 2000. Pretty soon he hooked up with Drive Thru while doing a course at the Technics Academy and in 2001 Reptile joined the crew after meeting Math at Peper Records (r.i.p.) in Afflecks.Soon the crew were mixing and cutting together on a regular basis and finding their feet in the local hip-hop scene, mixing at ’Sample This’ and ’Comfort Zone’ amongst others. Soon Math and Rep were heading further a field, gigging in Liverpool, Nottingham, Birmingham, Wales and various towns and clubs around the U.K. Meanwhile Drive Thru was recording and touring with RSL including appearances at ’Snow Bombing’ and Cargo In London.In 2002 Math and Rep started a year long residency at Philly B’s ’Shakedown Night, which saw guests such as Mikey Don(Krispy), Felony(Hospital Records) and the Lion Heart Crew appearing. In the summer of 2003 they were drafted in as residents at the ’Spellbound’ weekly Elemental Sessions, which frequently brought in the best names in Drum and Bass, including Brian Gee,Clipz,Distorted Minds and of course local Manchester Legends Sappo, Mark XTC, Inkey, Tonn Piper and Mad Rush. Here they also met Hope, who would soon join the crew with his distinct,dark Drum and Bass sound.Since then things have gone from strength to strength with appearances at Manchester’s top clubs from Sankeys to the Music Box playing on bills with the likes of Jehst, Skinny Man, Rodney P, D.J Pogo, Brockie, Mampi Swift, LTJ Bukem, Doc Scott, Remarc, and also were privledged to share stage with world famous producer and one half of Gangstarr, DJ Premier.
As well as the countless hip hop sets and scratch battles over the past ten years, Drive Thru has toured the country with Hip Hop theatre ’Slam Dunk’, played at SnowBombing festival in Switzerland and had his name immortalised on wax on the RSL 12’ "Bean flicker"...Most recently Mathmatics and Reptile were asked to play the Manchester leg of the "CATCH AN ATTITUDE" tour alongside three times D.M.C champion D.j Craze and D.j A-Trak who is currently mixing for Kanye West..In 2008 things are still going strong..Drive Thru is working on original beats and live remixes, Reptile is producing tunes with MC Sabre T as Ex Gents and Mathmatics has finished work on music for both Graff and Skateboard DVD’s and guesting on Radio Shows around the country, Hope has been signed to online record label Black Reign for production and the other members (Air Adam, Nanny, A-up and Chalk) either have secured new residencies at various club nights in Manchester or are gigging frequently in and around the North West.Finally, if your interested in coming to any shows, nights, parties we are playing, just check this page every once and a while for downloads and upcoming gig info.The crew is always interested with working with artists, M.c’s, D.J’s in the U.K and abroad,
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